Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-01-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsu1SeroN, d. c, Dec. 81, 1876.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 81, ~.
To THE Souri, KENTUoKIAN:
The cheer and social festivities of
last week were seriously interfered
with by the death of General Logan,
and there were many sad households
beside the one at Calumet, the resi-
dence of the dead Senator. The lane
leading to the dwelling was crowded
from the day of the death until the
body was taken to the Capitol, win
carriages conveying sympathislng
and hearlbroken friends to the house
Of mourning, On Thursday the body
was conveyed under a large escort,
TO the building in which the Senator
had spent a good portion ofhis active
life, and there it lay in State till the
eve of tho new year. From the
moment that the body was placed on
the catafalque in the rotunda until
a few hours before the funeral cere-
monies, continuous moving line OF
human beings filed past the casket to
take a last look upon the face of the
departed dead. The heavy mourning
cloth which covered the catafalque
was the identical cloth used for the
same purpose at the time that the Ia
mented Lincoln lay in State in the
same place. The pillars encircling
the rotunda and ascending to the dizzy
heights of the gallery, just below the
national emblematic paintings form
ing the dome of the rotunda, were
draped in mourning, and impaired to
the whole scene the solemn air of q
stately mausoleum. The model OF
the Statute of Liberty enlightening
the world, which has for some time
stood in the rotunda, was also envel-
oped in heavy mourning. and stood
forth, like a goddess, with outstretch'
cd hands enjoining silence OH all who
invaded the sacred precincts of the
temporary restlng-place of the dead
soldier statesman. The funeral cere'
monies were commenced promptly al
noon on Friday in the presence OF
large assemblsge, among whom were
all the members of the Cabinet in the
CITY. members of the Diplomatic
Corps, and men prominent in Ma
tional affairs without regard to poll
tics. AT the conclusion of the SER
vices the remains were conducted
under an escort nearly a nile il
length, commanded by General Sher
idan. to Rock Greek Cemetery, jus
opposite the Soldiers Home, where
the body was placed in vault, there
to remSIn until the Legislature o
| IIliDoise grants permission 10 intel
the remains in Chicsgo's great park
Rock Greek Cemetery, the presen
resting place, Is quiet and secluded
burial ground outside ths city limits
of such ancient date that its chapel i
built of bricks brought over from
England for the purpose, at tim
when bricks were not made here
| Mrs. Logan willremain here for som
time TO come, but will probably event
ually make Chicago her permanan
home. "Calumet," the dead Senator
Washington residence, was not full,
paid for at the time Of his death, Blu
is already worth $4,000 more tina
what the Senator paid for it, so rapi
has been the advance of property Il
that section, so that when Mrs. Loga
offers the property for sale she vii
realize a handsome sum out of tn
Investment.
The President has been suffering
very much lately from his old enem,
-rheumatism-but under the careful
nursing of Mrs. Cleveland is nov
rapidly recovering. The Presider
exposes himself very little TO III
night air, and takes every pr
caution possible 10 ward on tho acu
G diseases, but the weather here Il
Y past two weeks has been extremel
[ wet and cold, and such as is calcula
s ed to aggravate rheumatism, whit
a Il did in the case of the Presider
n and with such fatal results in the ca
k of Senator Logan.
Mrs. Cleveland this Christmas +
ceived an unusually large number
. gifts, there being hardly sing
=, State that did not include among
Ie citizens more than one admirer wi
l. evidenced the fr'iendliness by han
some present. Many of the articl
re were very costly, but all were app
ST ciatcd alike-the inexpensive al
s. costly-the motive and token
friendship being priced, and not I
costiness of the article.
us The Secretary of the Navy is
id search of Superintendent for I
,st new gun foundry established at I
s's Navy Yard here, by act of the Ii
" Congress. There are applical
y enough, but the right man has l
ny turned up yet. The Secretary
No. announced that he will receive APP
cations until the midGle OF Janna
and that the appointment will
made by February the LIST. Apl
so canls must state their qualillcatio
The salary is left open and will
10 fixed after the proper man is fou
rs, IL being the wish Of the Secrets
d., that the man shall make the salt
or and not the salary gauge the man.